From Flaw to Strength: 5 Weaknesses For Your MBA Application
Some business schools explicitly ask for weaknesses in their written applications. For example, the INSEAD MBA application includes a...
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Dec 9, 20226 min
11 MBA Applicant Mistakes to Avoid
Writing your MBA applications is an epic endeavor. Crushing the GMAT, updating your resume and adapting it to MBA requirements, carefully...
Dec 5, 20223 min
How to build your MBA Application Narrative
What exactly is an “MBA Application Narrative”? Business school applications are different from other applications you might have done in...
Nov 24, 20225 min
Should I apply in Round 2 this year, or Round 1 next year?
Round 2 deadlines are 40 days away. The question that many applicants are asking themselves is “Should I apply in Round 2, or wait until...
Nov 18, 20224 min
How the Tech Layoffs Affect Your MBA Applications This Year and Next
Big Tech, once impervious to all market forces, has laid many thousands of people off in recent weeks: Amazon is currently planning to...
Nov 17, 20228 min
My MBA Application Timeline: An 8-10 Week Guide
At SWC, we like to take 8-10 weeks to build your MBA applications for three business schools. Here's how.
Nov 11, 20223 min
Pearls of Wisdom from Former Haas Admissions Evaluator
Jon Cheng did his MBA at Berkeley Haas, where he worked as an Admissions Evaluator, assessing applications to the Haas MBA program....
Nov 4, 20225 min
How to get a life-changing MBA scholarship
Let’s examine the costs of an MBA. Tuition fees at an M7 USA MBA start at around $80,000 per year, for two years. Then there’s rent,...
Oct 31, 20224 min
Using the STAR Method in MBA Interviews and Essays
What is the STAR method? The technique popularly known as “STAR”, is an acronym for Situation, Task, Action and Result. It’s a framework...
Oct 20, 20224 min
5 Things To Do When You Get MBA Waitlisted
Why you got waitlisted After spending months studying for the GMAT/GRE exams, contemplating your post-MBA narrative and perfecting your...
Sep 30, 20223 min
Success Stories: How Indian Male Engineer made it to Copenhagen
Piyush has a profile to envy. But with only 2 weeks to the application deadline for his target MBA programs, he had to work fast. The...
Sep 23, 20228 min
Visiting ESADE: Where Social Impact meets Innovation
One reason I decided to do an MBA was to escape the London grind after almost 10 years of sweating into my suit on the underground. If...
Sep 15, 20225 min
Crush the MBA Interview: A Master Guide
If you’ve got an invite for an MBA interview, the Admissions Committee thinks you make a great candidate - on paper. The interview is the...
Sep 9, 20225 min
Straight Shooting with Alex Zarganis
Alex Zarganis is the man of the hour. Alex has a dual degree in Private School Leadership, an MBA from Columbia Business School, and...
Sep 1, 20225 min
How to explain your low GPA in the MBA optional essay
I speak to hundreds of MBA applicants every year. One of the most common questions I get asked is, “How do I justify my low undergrad GPA...
Aug 25, 20225 min
If you’re applying to Wharton, you MUST watch this
This client's undergrad GPA was 3.3, she had a gap year on her resume, a modest 710 GMAT score, and she applied in Round 3. Nevertheless,...
Jul 28, 20224 min
Visiting Stanford GSB: Some signs of intelligent life, finally
It’s 25 degrees outside, and I’m slowly realizing that my British pigmentation isn’t cut out for sunny Palo Alto. The 1.5 mile walk from...
Jul 21, 20223 min
Welcome to the Dream Team
Today is a HUGE day for Sam Weeks Consulting. That’s because we welcome two more admissions consultants to the dream team. Jon Cheng and...
Jul 7, 20225 min
Berkeley Haas: Looking for leaders as California faces up to its problems
If only I had a dollar for every time someone asked me: “You’re based in Europe. What do you know about American business school...
Jul 1, 20225 min
Is an MBA admissions consultant worth the cost?
"Is an MBA admissions consultant worth the cost?" Unsurprisingly, we get asked this question often. In this post we shed light on exactly...
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